[Fists Tear Through the Void, Heroes from Another Dimension Arrive in a Shower of Blood!]
Lin Chen wipes the blood from the corner of his mouth and stares at the Bleach and Demon Slayer posters on the wall. The fictional characters who kept him company through countless late-night boxing sessions have somehow condensed into translucent spheres of light in his palm.
"System activated. Summons available today: 1."
As the hoarse mechanical voice fades, Kamado Tanjiro, his red eyes burning with ghostly fire, bursts through the wall. His Nichirin Blade cuts down the first bullet aimed at Lin Chen. Almost at the same moment, Luffy's rubber arm wraps around three thugs wielding clubs and slams them into the ceiling with a bang.
"What the hell... are they real?!" The Black Abyss assassin's scream is drowned out by Thunder Lion's lightning.
Lin Chen looks at the "Popularity" progress bar appearing in his palm and suddenly remembers his father's bloodied hand gripping his wrist in his final moments. Had the man who used his last bit of strength to carve the character for "martial" into Lin Chen's arm somehow known this day would come?
As Lin Chen smashes his fist into the chest of a Black Abyss underling, the System suddenly speaks in a different voice: "Divine Martial bloodline awakening detected... I am the fusion AI of Hashirama and Goku, and you must go turn the tables on those old fossils who treat the world of anime as a plaything."
Outside the window, the shadow of a colossal giant falls over the city's skyline. In a dark alley, Su Li turns a bone-jade ornament in her hand, the Vermilion Bird birthmark in her right eye glowing faintly red. From the moment he summoned his first character, this war between reality and the world of anime was never going to stop.
